Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-06

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a sEBEEs OF LHarsEAxTVE Asa8zssEoSs
UpsB TIE railroad system. Il seems
pEsbabie that railroad bcildiER has
Feached les climax The fact that
III at line like toe BsifimeFe aud ONO
e for sale seems % show that there h %
indacsment 20 extepd any further tfuBk
lines across the mountains from Ness
30 East. Soue Of these lines have
reached their conclusion after neAriy
Fixty years Of public endeavor. Sooth
Carolina at this moment h attempting
20 fuihII the plan Of railroad protested
in the time Of Robert HsyBe, IS fer
back a. the nullidcAtion period. HayDc
resigned fFsm pablic life 20 bald rail-
road FROM CHARLESTON 70 Iennessea, aEd
be died, bslisve, at Asheviise, herth
Caroiina, while seeking 10 carry Out tale
Sian. The railroad vas only opened 20
AsJeVille 9 few years back, and the old
Blue RIDGE Railroad, which crossed the
south Carolina Ire little further west,
ID NOS yea opened
The bonded indebtsdness Of our rail
road system continues 70 Be . perma-
nent membranes. and Is increased from
time to time rather than diminished,
seeming 10 show thai In the aggregate
the FailFsad system IL not profitable.
The New York merchants a. this mo
ment are Ioadly complaining Of the re-
classification Of goods, compelled By
the carrying companies. Hitherto goods
nave been packed Ia wood. The rail
ways complain that individuals enter
their boxed goods IN q lover class
than they really belong 10. Hence Il ts
ordered that goods shall be baled, %
that the bale can be torn open and the
railway company interest itself IN the
occupation and line Of endeavoR Of the
merchant. One Of the minor merchants
Of New York told me yesterday that be
would have nov 70 hire professional
baleg and add him 10 the list Of en-
pIoves. "FOr," said be, meme Of rs
know how TO bale goods, bot any ons OF
us could box them. Sometimes, when
the porter vas otherwise engaged, l
nailed up boxes myself; one Of the boys
from the back Office would also taks .
hand; o stranger coming IN woold BE
provided With q Ratchet and set TO
york. Under the later State bill the
railroads mean 10 have their pound OF
hesh, and they can answer all protests
by saying that IL IL the mandate OF the
lay. and net their own exaction." As
far A. old political tbeoFies 20, this bill
disposes Of what is called State SOW
ersiQnty. II 10, In the main,
PERMANENT PRoTEcTIos TO TIE FARMER
Or manufacturer Who lives nearest the
seaboard. Heretofore the habit has
been 10 charge high for short hAuls.
For example, You can telegraph on any
Of the railway lines from New York 70
Chicago for something between Is and
Is cents, bat u you get OF At one Of the
Eastern stations within 80 miles Of the
seAboard you have 10 pay higher than
70 telegraph across the continent. One
result must be to increase the value of
landa In the East, and make them val
1able for stock raising and for other
things which have been passed over to
the West. have heard the farmers Of
the Cumberland Valley con plain that
they could no longer fatten steers With
profit and eompste With Chicago aud
Kansas City, with Wyoming and New
Mexico. II the later State bill is rigid
" enforced the man With the short haul
will hereafter have al least equality Of
opportunity with the most distant pro
dacer. Flour will again make lie oen.
ter 81 Rochester. Toe commerce OF the
lakes and rivers should also improve
under the operations Of this bill, which
cannot apply 10 ships or steamboats,.
THE DISAGREEMENT OF THE JURY
In the case OF Alderman OIeaFy seems
| TO show that a. You increase the inteli
Renoe Of your jury they demand more
conclusive evidences than ignorant iuglee
are content with. The jury watch tried
| Oieary was one Of the best that has
been seen in any New York court fos
years. II had the same evidence before
II which sent MeQaade and others "a
the penitentiary. The jorymen were
not satisfied that such evidence vas suf
hoient to deprive a human being Of bis
liberty and degrade him 20 the felon'i
class The Judge himself, confrsntinG
this Jury. vas less severe aud diotatorial
than In former cases. Although one OF
the counsel for the defense thuHdered
at the religion OF three Of the iurymen
In the box, Il did not prejudice bis client
| apparently any more. Indeed, the evi
denoe which has convicted the Other
Aldermen was Of a most oircamstantial
/ description. Two Aldermen, eoHfessins
themselves 90 have been brtbed, inforn
upon their associates. They say that
they met At the house Of an Alderman
now deceased. Their evidences would
have been insufficient, considering theiI
characters, 20 convict anybody. The
only additional evidence 10 convict wa
that OF q servant girl, who lived in NJ
adjacent house, and she testified that
two years ago she saw certain Of these
Aldermen come TO the house Of that
Alderman, deceased. Considering tha
Aldermen, Ia q small body. like that
whioh governs New York. are in thS
habit Of consulting each ether, the fact
that several OF them game 10 this house
vas not remarkable. | asked John II
Fellows. who vas the chief prosecutor
IN all Of the cases bat Oleary's. IL be
did not think the evidence Vas weak
He said that IL would have been WeAh
bat for the testimony Of this girl. vho
bore out she informeFs.
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vas reminded bat yesterday OF a
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